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The QC, Vol. 88, No. 19 • March 7, 2002

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The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914
March 7,2002
QUAKER CAMPUS
COR Treasurer resigns
Job temporarily assumed by Craven
COR the time crunch.
"It would have been
pointless to put someone
there for a month," Craven
said. "It would take two
weeks for someone j ust to be
updated on the current situation of [COR finances]. I
know enough to keep things
in order and on track."
According to the COR
Constitution, a Treasurer is
a position appointed by the
COR President where the
appointment must be subsequently approved by consensus or 2/3 vote by COR. The
COR Constitution stipulates
that "if an appointed position becomes vacant for any
reason, a replacement will
be appointed by the same
procedure by which the position is normally filled."
Nobuth's position as the
COR President's representative on the Publications
Board remains unaffected by
his resignation from COR.
http://web.whittier.edu/qc
QC FILE PHOTO
Senior Prithvi Nobuth.
"It's confidential."
Former COR
Treasurer Prithvi
Nobuth about his
resignation
by Eva Sevcikova
QC News Editor
Senior Prithvi Nobuth
resigned from his position
as the Council of Representatives (COR) Treasurer for
what he said would only be
until the beginning of April.
Nobuth informed COR about
his resignation after a Block
Funding meeting on Monday, Feb. 25. Since then, the
responsibilities of the job
have been assumed by junior COR President Jess Craven.
Nobuth referred to the
reasons behind hts resignation as confidential and declined to comment any further.
In an interview, Craven
said he did not consider appointing a new person to fill
the position mainly due to
Suspicious men stopped
outside the Spot
The Spot is the victim of a
disturbance, not a robbery. While
Campus Safety's cameras were
not working at the time of the
trespassing, they are now
functioning.
by Amy Stice
QC Editor-in-Chief
Reports that The Spot was the victim of
an attempted robbery on Friday, March 1 are
untrue, according to Chief of Campus Safety Bernard Alex. Two individuals were
stopped and questioned by Campus Safety,
but while they were "technically trespassing, ... they did not accost anyone," Alex
said.
The two men entered The Spot and asked
where the restroom was sometime after 10
p.m. While one went to the restroom, the
other paced back and forth, making the manager of The Spot nervous. The Campus Safety
report noted that one of the subjects "appeared to have an object in his waistband."
The manager then contacted Campus Safety, who responded with all three on-duty
officers as the men were leaving the building.
The men, neither students, told the officers that they were on campus to get information about a vehicle that had been towed
during the library renovation. They did not,
however, ask the manager anything about
the vehicle, Alex reported. "It just didn't all
add up," he said.
The report noted that "Investigation revealed the subjects appeared to be gang
members based on their clothing and multiple tattoos." After questioning, the men were
released.
Three of the four recently malfunctioning video cameras in The Spot and the Student Union hallway have been repaired,
Alex said, but were not working on the day
of the trespassing. He said that they were not
working because there were problems with
the fiber-optic line as a result of other work
being done in the area, and that Campus
Safety can now watch the monitored areas in
its office 24 hours a day.
"Everyone can feel a lot safer," Alex
said of the functioning cameras.
REBECCA WOLF/QC MANAGING EDITOR
Crime under investigation
Richard Hofmann of Microsearch Electronics Surveillance Detection X-
rays a phone in the QC office on Sunday, March 3, looking for listening
devices. The investigation of a "bug" found in the newspaper office drew
attention of local and national media. For related stories on the investigation
and media coverage, see page 6.
Golf cart approved
to escort students
Student-owned and
student-operated golf
cart aims to secure
safety and offer
convenience;
scheduled to start in a
month.
by Eva Sevcikova
QC News Editor
The Council of Representatives (COR) plans to
purchase a golf cart, intended for a student escort, for
$10,000 with a $2,000 rebate from the manufacturer,
according to junior COR
President Craven. The money for the project was approved at a COR meeting on
Monday, March 4.
Half of the $10,000
amount will be pulled from
this semester's COR budget
and the remaining half from
next semester's budget so
that "we don't take money
away from campus organizations," Craven said.
COR, along with Campus Safety, is a major initiator of a student-operated es-.
cort service, developed to
offer protection and convenience to students working
and living on campus, according to Craven.
The initiative for a new
student-run service was inspired by frequent complaints from students about
the inadequate time response
by Campus Safety and the
students' concerns about
safety on campus, Craven
said.
An escort service is already provided by Campus
Safety officers and student
officers. Chief of Campus
Safety Bernard Alex pointed to on-going problems with
the existing scenario. "We
were unable to get enough
student workers interested in
doing this, and often we were
also unable to get anyone to
cover weekend and night
shifts," he said.
When up and running,
students can call Campus
Safety and request an escort
service in case they are injured and cannot walk or
need an escort on campus
late at night, Alex said. Eventually, COR plans to make
the service separate from
Campus Safety. "It will take
a burden off the officers,"
Craven said.
During the initial phase,
the golf cart escort service
will be linked with Campus
Safety, mainly because "we
are already equipped with
phones and radios," Alex
said. "Down the line, when
See ESCORT, page 5
ISSUE 19 • VOLUME 88
Spy vs. Spy?
The College community
addresses the importance of
privacy.
Opinions, Page 3
'cough, cough'
Smokers don't like the new
tobacco age, but no one can
understand them through their
tracheotomies.
Campus Life, Page 8
All that jazz
Meet the Whittier College Jazz
Ensemble—then go see them
play at Lumies, because
they're really good.
A&E, Page 11
Ladies take to the water
Not that we didn't like the guys in
speedos...OK, so we didn't, but
it's nice to see the women finally
playing some water polo.
Sports, Page 14

The Voice Of Whittier College Since 1914
March 7,2002
QUAKER CAMPUS
COR Treasurer resigns
Job temporarily assumed by Craven
COR the time crunch.
"It would have been
pointless to put someone
there for a month," Craven
said. "It would take two
weeks for someone j ust to be
updated on the current situation of [COR finances]. I
know enough to keep things
in order and on track."
According to the COR
Constitution, a Treasurer is
a position appointed by the
COR President where the
appointment must be subsequently approved by consensus or 2/3 vote by COR. The
COR Constitution stipulates
that "if an appointed position becomes vacant for any
reason, a replacement will
be appointed by the same
procedure by which the position is normally filled."
Nobuth's position as the
COR President's representative on the Publications
Board remains unaffected by
his resignation from COR.
http://web.whittier.edu/qc
QC FILE PHOTO
Senior Prithvi Nobuth.
"It's confidential."
Former COR
Treasurer Prithvi
Nobuth about his
resignation
by Eva Sevcikova
QC News Editor
Senior Prithvi Nobuth
resigned from his position
as the Council of Representatives (COR) Treasurer for
what he said would only be
until the beginning of April.
Nobuth informed COR about
his resignation after a Block
Funding meeting on Monday, Feb. 25. Since then, the
responsibilities of the job
have been assumed by junior COR President Jess Craven.
Nobuth referred to the
reasons behind hts resignation as confidential and declined to comment any further.
In an interview, Craven
said he did not consider appointing a new person to fill
the position mainly due to
Suspicious men stopped
outside the Spot
The Spot is the victim of a
disturbance, not a robbery. While
Campus Safety's cameras were
not working at the time of the
trespassing, they are now
functioning.
by Amy Stice
QC Editor-in-Chief
Reports that The Spot was the victim of
an attempted robbery on Friday, March 1 are
untrue, according to Chief of Campus Safety Bernard Alex. Two individuals were
stopped and questioned by Campus Safety,
but while they were "technically trespassing, ... they did not accost anyone," Alex
said.
The two men entered The Spot and asked
where the restroom was sometime after 10
p.m. While one went to the restroom, the
other paced back and forth, making the manager of The Spot nervous. The Campus Safety
report noted that one of the subjects "appeared to have an object in his waistband."
The manager then contacted Campus Safety, who responded with all three on-duty
officers as the men were leaving the building.
The men, neither students, told the officers that they were on campus to get information about a vehicle that had been towed
during the library renovation. They did not,
however, ask the manager anything about
the vehicle, Alex reported. "It just didn't all
add up," he said.
The report noted that "Investigation revealed the subjects appeared to be gang
members based on their clothing and multiple tattoos." After questioning, the men were
released.
Three of the four recently malfunctioning video cameras in The Spot and the Student Union hallway have been repaired,
Alex said, but were not working on the day
of the trespassing. He said that they were not
working because there were problems with
the fiber-optic line as a result of other work
being done in the area, and that Campus
Safety can now watch the monitored areas in
its office 24 hours a day.
"Everyone can feel a lot safer," Alex
said of the functioning cameras.
REBECCA WOLF/QC MANAGING EDITOR
Crime under investigation
Richard Hofmann of Microsearch Electronics Surveillance Detection X-
rays a phone in the QC office on Sunday, March 3, looking for listening
devices. The investigation of a "bug" found in the newspaper office drew
attention of local and national media. For related stories on the investigation
and media coverage, see page 6.
Golf cart approved
to escort students
Student-owned and
student-operated golf
cart aims to secure
safety and offer
convenience;
scheduled to start in a
month.
by Eva Sevcikova
QC News Editor
The Council of Representatives (COR) plans to
purchase a golf cart, intended for a student escort, for
$10,000 with a $2,000 rebate from the manufacturer,
according to junior COR
President Craven. The money for the project was approved at a COR meeting on
Monday, March 4.
Half of the $10,000
amount will be pulled from
this semester's COR budget
and the remaining half from
next semester's budget so
that "we don't take money
away from campus organizations," Craven said.
COR, along with Campus Safety, is a major initiator of a student-operated es-.
cort service, developed to
offer protection and convenience to students working
and living on campus, according to Craven.
The initiative for a new
student-run service was inspired by frequent complaints from students about
the inadequate time response
by Campus Safety and the
students' concerns about
safety on campus, Craven
said.
An escort service is already provided by Campus
Safety officers and student
officers. Chief of Campus
Safety Bernard Alex pointed to on-going problems with
the existing scenario. "We
were unable to get enough
student workers interested in
doing this, and often we were
also unable to get anyone to
cover weekend and night
shifts," he said.
When up and running,
students can call Campus
Safety and request an escort
service in case they are injured and cannot walk or
need an escort on campus
late at night, Alex said. Eventually, COR plans to make
the service separate from
Campus Safety. "It will take
a burden off the officers,"
Craven said.
During the initial phase,
the golf cart escort service
will be linked with Campus
Safety, mainly because "we
are already equipped with
phones and radios," Alex
said. "Down the line, when
See ESCORT, page 5
ISSUE 19 • VOLUME 88
Spy vs. Spy?
The College community
addresses the importance of
privacy.
Opinions, Page 3
'cough, cough'
Smokers don't like the new
tobacco age, but no one can
understand them through their
tracheotomies.
Campus Life, Page 8
All that jazz
Meet the Whittier College Jazz
Ensemble—then go see them
play at Lumies, because
they're really good.
A&E, Page 11
Ladies take to the water
Not that we didn't like the guys in
speedos...OK, so we didn't, but
it's nice to see the women finally
playing some water polo.
Sports, Page 14